John Kerry seeks to add new restrictions on banks that accepted TARP capital (though banks were assured that there were no restrictions other than that they not pay it out to shareholders at the time of the investments):
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.Ia1h9SiQmw
I agree that he’s no Dean Wormer; he’s much more like Otter - “You fucked up; you trusted us!”
Grammy weekend kicks of with Neil Diamond tribute.
Born this day in history: Ronald Reagan, and Rick Astley. Discuss.
It doesn’t even seem like a fair fight.
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.”They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would ‘claim,’” Sandoval said.Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.
This is really funny.
Popular Mechanics analyzes the relative merits of each series of cyborg in the Terminator movies and new TV series (incidentally, the pilot episode is available as a free download from iTunes). I suspect they’re right about Cameron being a bit more human than your garden-variety cyborg, details of which will likely come to light just before her inevitable canoodling with John Connor. I was especially impressed that the writers were conversant enough in pro wrestling history to draw parallels with the Hulk Hogan/Hollywood Hogan dichotomy. Kudos, Popular Mechanics.
It’s been so long since it didn’t suck, I have trouble remembering. I feel compelled to watch this last season in hopes that something interesting will happen (or if nothing else, maybe we find out what happened to the Russian). Yet with only two episodes left, the thing I find most exciting is that David Chase can only steal two more hours of my life. I like the show’s premise, juxtaposing the life of a mafia “family” with that of an upper-middle class suburban family, but good grief, does that really require us to sit through dim-witted AJ’s adolescent angst in real time? I did enjoy watching Tony deliver a much-deserved beat down to the creep who accosted his daughter, but not enough to justify watching AJs repeated, ill-informed complaints about American society. It’s like he was channeling Sheryl Crow. All I want are a few grisly hits on deserving scumbags by our anti-heroes. Is that really too much to ask?
I interrupt this regularly scheduled sports discussion for an issue that remains unresolved in my mind, despite much time spent pondering the merits of each side: Which is it, Tesh or The Hoff?